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My Life in a Blue Suit

Author : Jim Saltonstall
Publisher : Fernhurst Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 1912621606
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book My Life in a Blue Suit written by Jim Saltonstall and published by Fernhurst Books Limited. This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At five out of the last six Olympic Games team GBR has been the top nation in sailing, a result of strong leadership from the Royal Yachting Association and very talented sailors and coaches. But Barry Pickthall, formerly the Yachting Correspondent of The Times observes: "If one man deserves recognition for Britain's remarkable success within the sailing Olympic arena, it is Jim Saltonstall – the coach who has cajoled, encouraged and inspired so many youngsters towards world stardom over the past 3 decades." This is the story of Jim Saltonstall and his contribution to the success of British sailing. It starts in his home county of Yorkshire and the seaside town of Bridlington where he learnt to sail. It goes through his experiences in the Royal Navy, which he joined aged 15, with tours all around the world but, particularly, sailing with the Royal Navy team and becoming the Royal Navy Sailing Coach. This led to his appointment as the first RYA National Yacht Racing Coach, the development of the GBR Race Training Scheme and, in due course, great success at youth, world and Olympic levels. The 31 Olympic medals won by the 19 sailors who give glowing praise to Jim in the Foreword confirms his contribution to this success. Jim retired from his Team GBR role in 2000, after the Sydney Olympics, but it is a testimony to him that two of the gold medallists from Tokyo 2020 (which took place in 2021 – in elite sports a lifetime since Jim retired) credit him in their success, saying he was a 'huge inspiration' and they 'couldn't help be motivated' by him. On top of twice winning the Yachting Journalists' Association Yachtsman of the Year Award (1984 and 1995), Jim was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 British Yachting Awards. The story is told as modestly as a Yorkshireman can, and is interspaced with tales of cars, car journeys and one or two parties! Jim also takes time out of the story to give his thoughts on all aspects of youth training, competing internationally and coaching. Anyone involved in race training will benefit from the wisdom he provides in these pieces.

The Blue Suit

Author : Richard Rayner
Publisher : Odyssey Editions
ISBN 13 : 162373018X
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book The Blue Suit written by Richard Rayner and published by Odyssey Editions. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Rayner had a peripatetic childhood, and it seemed he found some sense of place when he attended Cambridge University. The study of philosophy combined with an obsession with books, however, served as the catalyst for a bizarre life of crime. Mounting debts propelled the author into a series of adventures, as he plundered bookstores for elusive first editions, forged checks, and acted as an accomplice in a Keystone Kops-like attempted bank robbery. In a memoir that's "compelling, edgy, painfully alive" (Times Literary Supplement), like "stripped-down Dostoevsky" (Time), this is the personal story, both tragic and comic, of an absence of identity and a long checkered past of crimes and misdemeanors.

Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories

Author : Peter Bacho
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780295976372
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (763 download)

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Download or read book Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories written by Peter Bacho and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book opens with the annual spring dispatch, by the Seattle-based Filipino union, of thousands of Filipino workers to the Alaska salmon canneries. We meet characters who reappear throughout the stories: Vince, the tough but charming union foreman and "big shot" father to Buddy, our American-born narrator; Chris, the battle-scarred union president targeted by McCarthyism; Rico, the spirited young king of the neighborhood who will fall victim to Vietnam; Stephanie, the beautiful mestiza who marrie up; and many others who age and change in ironic counterpint to persistent themes of loyalty, fierce ethnic pride, and a willingness to struggle against hostile forces in society. There are wry twists of humor and surprising turns of plot; a long-lost love is renewed; a long-hidden family secret is revealed. We encounter the inevitable aging and passing of the Manong generation, but we sense as well the arrival of its vision. Babies are born. The migrant fisheries worker gets a nine-to-five job, and his children go to college. The conclusion builds to a quiet power that is essentially elegiac; an era closes, but the voices of the older generation are shouldered by the younger, to keep the history to retell the stories, and to pay homage.

Life in a Blue Suit

Author : Gerard McLennan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646515816
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book Life in a Blue Suit written by Gerard McLennan and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Life in a Blue Suit

Author : Barry "Jack" Frost
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578683621
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Life in a Blue Suit written by Barry "Jack" Frost and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barry "Jack" Frost joined the Royal Navy at the age of sixteen, standing 5'3" and weighing only 103 pounds. Most expected him to be ejected before the finish of boot camp. However, Frost's combination of determination, grit, kindness, and humor led him to become a master electrician and leader, travelling the world with the Royal Navy for 15 years. In Life in a Blue Suit, Frost weaves his passion for fun and laughter with his insight into human nature, bringing the reader into the world of a master story teller as he tells tales of his life at sea.

Life in a Blue Suit

Author : Gerard McLennan
Publisher : Eloquent Books
ISBN 13 : 9781608601172
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Life in a Blue Suit written by Gerard McLennan and published by Eloquent Books. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 25 years in the Royal Australian Navy, a Captain prepares for a new life back on land. Confronted by his last night at sea before joining the civilian world once again, the Captain reflects on his life and the voyages that have taken him from his days as a young lad growing up in the inner suburbs of Melbourne to his early days of service in Southeast Asia to his command of a guided missile frigate. In the midst of a mid-life crisis and the premature end of his Navy career, the Captain realizes that life in a blue suit is very different from life on land, but no matter where our lives take us we are always the Captain of our own ship. Author Bio: Gerard McLennan has been writing all his life, but this is his first "factional" novel based on his own life experiences. He is influenced by authors such as Ernest Hemingway and Joseph Conrad. McLennan lives in Sydney, Australia and works as the managing director of a professional services company. Despite being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2002, McLennan continues to write his life story. His next book, Life in a Grey Suit, will be a sequel to his current book and feature his experiences as a civilian defense consultant.

The Year of the Ladybird

Author : Graham Joyce
Publisher : Gollancz
ISBN 13 : 9780575115323
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book The Year of the Ladybird written by Graham Joyce and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ghost story with a difference from the WORLD FANTASY and multiple BRITISH FANTASY AWARD-winning author of SOME KIND OF FAIRY TALE It is the summer of 1976, the hottest since records began and a young man leaves behind his student days and learns how to grow up. A first job in a holiday camp beckons. But with political and racial tensions simmering under the cloudless summer skies there is not much fun to be had. And soon there is a terrible price to be paid for his new found freedom and independence. A price that will come back to haunt him, even in the bright sunlight of summer. As with SOME KIND OF FAIRY TALE, Graham Joyce has crafted a deceptively simple tale of great power. With beautiful prose, wonderful characters and a perfect evocation of time and place this is a novel that transcends the boundaries between the everyday and the supernatural while celebrating the power of both.

The Man in the Blue Suit

Author : John A.Walker (JWYOU)
Publisher : www.cosmos-original-productions.co.uk
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man in the Blue Suit written by John A.Walker (JWYOU) and published by www.cosmos-original-productions.co.uk. This book was released on with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Man in the Blue Suit owns an art gallery in the city centre of Glasgow. For some unknown reason he gets involved in a spy network. He has been asked to go to the south of France and there meet a contact named Olga. He knows that he is being watched, and that his mission may be a dangerous one. To protect himself he takes along a woman from his native city of Glasgow, the Two Tattooed Woman, surely no one will be brave enough to interfere with him when she is by his side.

Devil in a Blue Dress (30th Anniversary Edition)

Author : Walter Mosley
Publisher : Washington Square Press
ISBN 13 : 1982150343
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Devil in a Blue Dress (30th Anniversary Edition) written by Walter Mosley and published by Washington Square Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first novel by “master of mystery” (The New York Times) Walter Mosley, featuring Easy Rawlins, the most iconic African American detective in all of fiction. Named one of the “best 100 mystery novels of all time” by the Mystery Writers of America, this special thirtieth anniversary edition features an all new introduction from the author. The year is 1948, the town is Los Angeles. Easy Rawlins, a black war veteran, has just been fired from his job at a defense factory plant. Drinking in his friend’s bar, he’s wondering how he’ll manage to make ends meet, when a white man in a linen suit approaches him and offers him good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a missing blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs. Easy has no idea that by taking this job, his life is about to change forever. “More than simply a detective novel…[Mosley is] a talented author with something vital to say about the distance between the black and white worlds, and with a dramatic way to say it” (The New York Times).

The Boy in the Black Suit

Author : Jason Reynolds
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442459522
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book The Boy in the Black Suit written by Jason Reynolds and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Just when seventeen-year-old Matt thinks he can’t handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who’s dealt with a lot more—and who just might be able to clue him in on how to rise up when life keeps knocking him down—in this “vivid, satisfying, and ultimately upbeat tale of grief, redemption, and grace” (Kirkus Reviews) from the Coretta Scott King – John Steptoe Award–winning author of When I Was the Greatest. Matt wears a black suit every day. No, not because his mom died—although she did, and it sucks. But he wears the suit for his gig at the local funeral home, which pays way better than the Cluck Bucket, and he needs the income since his dad can’t handle the bills (or anything, really) on his own. So while Dad’s snagging bottles of whiskey, Matt’s snagging fifteen bucks an hour. Not bad. But everything else? Not good. Then Matt meets Lovey. Crazy name, and she’s been through more crazy stuff than he can imagine. Yet Lovey never cries. She’s tough. Really tough. Tough in the way Matt wishes he could be. Which is maybe why he’s drawn to her, and definitely why he can’t seem to shake her. Because there’s nothing more hopeful than finding a person who understands your loneliness—and who can maybe even help take it away.

Three Blue Suits

Author : Aline Bernstein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Three Blue Suits written by Aline Bernstein and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernstein, perhaps best known for her tempestuous affair with Thomas Wolfe, here narrates a story about three men, the common thread among them a blue serge suit and the part it plays on a day in the life of each. The original was published in 1933. Cloth edition (0-8214-0898-4) not seen. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Elliot

Author : Carl Wright
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (789 download)

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Download or read book Elliot written by Carl Wright and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-02-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Boy in the Blue Suit" is a heartwarming tale of Elliot, a young boy distinguished by his vibrant blue suit, a symbol of his uniqueness and heritage. Living in a divided Californian city, Elliot navigates the complexities of life's disparities with resilience and a deep sense of purpose. Inspired by his late father's legacy and his grandmother's wisdom, Elliot embarks on a journey to unite his community through a series of transformative projects, starting with a community garden. His efforts, fueled by compassion and the desire to honor his father's values, catalyze a movement of social change and community development. Elliot's story is a powerful reminder of how individual action, rooted in personal values and community spirit, can inspire collective change and bridge divides, making a lasting impact on society.

Living Fully

Author : Mallory Ervin
Publisher : Convergent Books
ISBN 13 : 0593238354
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Living Fully written by Mallory Ervin and published by Convergent Books. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An irresistible guide to living without holding back, from the vibrant lifestyle entrepreneur and host of the Living Fully podcast One of Katie Couric Media’s Best New Self Help Books to Read in the New Year • “If you’re ready to up-level your life and create long-lasting change, then this book is for you! Mallory’s resilient path will inspire you to step into your power.”—Gabby Bernstein, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Universe Has Your Back Mallory Ervin is known for exuding energy, joy, and laughter. But despite her public accomplishments, Mallory is no stranger to battling unhealthy attachments to performance and success. Now, in her unforgettable debut book, Mallory invites readers to see how her surprising journey—from achievement and accolades to devastating, never-before-shared lows—guided her and led her to a deeply fulfilling life. In Living Fully, Mallory shares her personal story of overcoming the unhealthy and damaging patterns in her life and shows readers how to trade this for something completely new and more rewarding. What she discovered was there had always been a different life available to her, one that she had not yet seen. Now she encourages readers to resist a “just fine” existence and to step into a life they never dared to imagine before. Through inspiring stories and practical advice Mallory offers the motivation to: • stop returning to a “just getting by” mentality • shift perspective so blessings don’t become burdens • remember that life’s curveballs don’t have to knock you off your feet • identify your passions and get back to your truest self • slow down and enjoy the extraordinary in the everyday moments • quiet the voice of fear • get clear on the life you want “I wrote this to be your wake-up call, the thing that turns the lights on in your life and propels you to make real change, once and for all,” Mallory says. “I want you to wake up and stay awake.” For anyone hungry for a richer life, or tired of coasting through life in a “cruise control” mindset, Living Fully is the ultimate invitation to embrace abundance and joy—and not look back!

Life and Death in Shanghai

Author : Cheng Nien
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802145167
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Life and Death in Shanghai written by Cheng Nien and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman who spent more than six years in solitary confinement during Communist China's Cultural Revolution discusses her time in prison. Reissue. A New York Times Best Book of the Year.

12 Rules for Life

Author : Jordan B. Peterson
Publisher : Random House Canada
ISBN 13 : 0345816021
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book 12 Rules for Life written by Jordan B. Peterson and published by Random House Canada. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street. What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have to tell us about standing up straight (with our shoulders back) and about success in life? Why did ancient Egyptians worship the capacity to pay careful attention as the highest of gods? What dreadful paths do people tread when they become resentful, arrogant and vengeful? Dr. Peterson journeys broadly, discussing discipline, freedom, adventure and responsibility, distilling the world's wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules for life. 12 Rules for Life shatters the modern commonplaces of science, faith and human nature, while transforming and ennobling the mind and spirit of its readers.

Paint It Black

Author : Janet Fitch
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 9780759568129
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (681 download)

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Download or read book Paint It Black written by Janet Fitch and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A dark, crooked beauty that fulfills all the promise of White Oleander and confirms that Janet Fitch is an artist of the very highest order." --Los Angeles Times Book Review Josie Tyrell, art model, runaway, and denizen of LA's rock scene finds a chance at real love with Michael Faraday, a Harvard dropout and son of a renowned pianist. But when she receives a call from the coroner, asking her to identify her lover's body, her bright dreams all turn to black. As Josie struggles to understand Michael's death and to hold onto the world they shared, she is both attracted to and repelled by his pianist mother, Meredith, who blames Josie for her son's torment. Soon the two women are drawn into a twisted relationship that reflects equal parts distrust and blind need. With the luxurious prose and fever pitch intensity that are her hallmarks, Janet Fitch weaves a spellbinding tale of love, betrayal, and the possibility of transcendence. "Lushly written, dramatically plotted. . . Fitch's Los Angeles is so real it breathes." --Atlantic Monthly "There is nothing less than a stellar sentence in this novel. Fitch's emotional honesty recalls the work of Joyce Carol Oates, her strychnine sentences the prose of Paula Fox." --Cleveland Plain Dealer "A page-turning psychodrama. . . . Fitch's prose penetrates the inner lives of [her characters] with immediacy and bite." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Fitch wonderfully captures the abrasive appeal of punk music, the bohemian, sometimes squalid lifestyle, the performers, the drugs, the alienation. This is crackling fresh stuff you don't read every day." --USA Today "In dysfunctional family narratives, Fitch is to fiction what Eugene O'Neill is to drama." --Chicago Sun-Times "Riveting. . . . An uncommonly accomplished page-turner." --Elle

My Life as a Man

Author : Frederic Lindsay
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 9781429966146
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book My Life as a Man written by Frederic Lindsay and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2009-04-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chilling psychological thriller in the tradition of Patricia Highsmith When factory owner Bernard Morton fires him from his first job, Harry Glass protests by impulsively taking off with Morton's car and its intriguing passenger, Mrs. Morton. Shocked out of the life she has been living, Mrs. Morton forms a bond with Harry as they are pursued from one city to another by her husband and his brother Norman. Bernard wants his wife back; Norman is more concerned with the contents of a briefcase left in the car boot. When Harry and Mrs Morton are given shelter in a remote house in the Highlands, it appears that they have found refuge. But appearances can be very wrong.